British Airways has officially opened the doors to a luxurious new First lounge at New York’s JFK Terminal 7 to gold cardholders and customers travelling in the airline’s First cabin on the airline’s most coveted route across the Atlantic.

Finnair will introduce thrice-weekly flights to Los Angeles, California, effective 31 March 2019 as part of the airline’s continuing growth strategy. The route to Los Angeles will be Finnair’s first US route to be regularly operated with the new Airbus A350 aircraft.

Responding to growing demand from passengers flying between Australia and South America, Latin American airline LATAM Airlines Group has announced it will increase the number of non-stop flights between Melbourne and Santiago, Chile from the current three-weekly to five.

Cathay Pacific Airways will commence new non-stop services to Seattle from 31 March 2019, becoming the only airline directly linking Hong Kong with the fastest-growing city on the west coast of the United States.

“We’ve been reviewing our Tabua Club platform for a while now, exploring ways in which to enhance the value members get from our program. That review, combined with feedback from our members, has allowed us to introduce a host of fantastic benefits which are sure to delight members,” Fiji Airways CEO and Managing Director Andre Viljoen said.

oneworld connect is the first new membership platform unveiled by oneworld since the alliance was originally announced 20 years ago.

The renewal is based on Finnair customer wishes with flight reward prices to be more easily reachable. Finnair Plus offers its members a vast selection of benefits, services, interesting events and partnerships from which customers can choose the most suitable way to use points for example.